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Why it’s crucial to collaborate

Opinion Marc Lubner - 24 Sep 2020

We are able to achieve meaningful social change better, and faster, if we act together

How to whitewash colonial pain and trauma

Opinion Jonty Cogger & Robyn Park-Ross - 24 Sep 2020

Approval of the River Club development in Cape Town is reminiscent of those bulldozing spatial planners of apartheid

Eusebius McKaiser: The DA’s next leader should have a diverse political toolkit

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 23 Sep 2020

But in the battle of John and Mbali, the way things are going, the party will crucify the better option

Rights are at risk without principled leadership in the US Supreme Court

Opinion Gretchen Wilson-Prangley - 22 Sep 2020

COMMENT: My sons, I weep because Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought gender discrimination, has died and Donald Trump, under whom hardwon victories have been eroded, wants to be elected president again

Vet all school employees now to stop sexual abuse

Opinion Eden Esterhuizen & Andre Gaum - 22 Sep 2020

How many times should we be outraged before real action is taken to prevent, and not just address, the scourge of sexual abuse in schools?

Civilians need to oversee South Africa’s defence force

Opinion Solomon Makgale - 21 Sep 2020

ANC officials’ ‘taxi’ ride in an SANDF jet to Zimbabwe is further evidence that more transparency is needed in the military

E-payments for the unbanked are booming

Opinion Osahon Akpata - 20 Sep 2020

The pandemic is providing mobile phone network operators with a unique chance to partner with fintech firms and banks to deliver clever e-commerce solutions to the informal sector in Africa

The bloody battle to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Opinion John Davenport - 20 Sep 2020

Neither side will hesitate for a second to do anything to win

Cosatu needs to get creative

Opinion Sinethemba Cele - 19 Sep 2020

With lockdown regulations in place, default industrial action methods need to be sidelined and new ways of protest considered

New laws could prove to be a win for women’s rights activists

Opinion Ropafadzo Maphosa - 19 Sep 2020

Three amendment Bills recently submitted to Parliament have the potential to change the legal landscape for sex offenders, especially the proposed duty to report and act on incidents of gender based violence

Hollowing of skills and defunding of Stats SA works for a failing state

Opinion Gumani Tshimomola - 18 Sep 2020

Perhaps the government does want us to know how bad things really are

Dancing on the grave of Covid?

Opinion Paddy Harper - 18 Sep 2020

Lay low for now as lockdown lifts to level one and let’s Jerusalema when the long arm of the law reaches Luthuli House

Hate speech and LGBTI rights: perspectives from the Jon Qwelane case

Opinion Atilla Kisla - 18 Sep 2020

South Africa has an obligation to prohibit hate speech under international law, including against LGBTI persons. But now the Constitutional Court has to decide whether the hate speech provision is constitutional

Whites should stop poking the lion

Opinion Kyle Raman - 17 Sep 2020

Dismissing black people’s pain is dehumanising

Eusebius McKaiser: Why the bullshit curfew is seriously dangerous

Coronavirus Eusebius McKaiser - 17 Sep 2020

Anti-democratic creep sets in when the state feels no need to explain its irrational decisions. Is that the type of state we want to live in?

The wicked challenge of rethinking internationalisation in Southern Africa

Opinion Cornelius Hagenmeier, Nico Jooste, Corli Witthuhn & Lynette Jacobs - 17 Sep 2020

The ability to innovate, and adaptability and flexibility will determine whether universities can advance internationalisation in the post-Covid-19 world

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